KDE4 F9 putting app icons into panel - not!

[Mike]

Mike <mike.cloaked <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I notice that the facility to put icons onto the desktop or onto the panel
> by right clicking an item in kickoff gives me a desktop icon for both 
> of these options! So I cannot get Firefox onto the panel.

I tried to get a panel icon using the classic option and this seemed not
possible. Is there a workaround for this at present, or an update on the
way?